[innerSpaceman]

I hate the scaeagles creed.



Mostly because I agree with 98% of it. I need a shower.





I'm a pretty strict Constitutional constructionist myself. But as far as I'm concerned, not only is the Preamble part of it ... it's the MOST IMPORTANT part. It states the philosophy under which the nuts and bolts must be interpreted. The U.S. government is to PROMOTE the general welfare. That's a pretty tall order, and requires the government to take an active role.

I confess I don't know much of the nuts and bolts of the Constitution, and I daresay most Americans don't either. But most of us know the Preamble, as it's the guiding philosophy of our nation. It seems to me that so-called strict constructionalists want to forget that part about promoting the general welfare.

And that's why I come down on the Democratic side, as opposed to merely Libertarian.